unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
in the background; not standing out
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
to cease; to stop; to be over
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to sink (into); to get depressed
to shake one's head (in denial)
particularly; only; in the case of
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil